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David Calder
The Folk Music Hour
David Calder presents the music he loves in The Folk Music Hour, with the aim of rekindling listeners' interest in acoustic music in the Anglo-American tradition, including NZ folk song, and world folk music such as that heard at WOMAD in New Plymouth's beautiful Brookland's Park. Almost all music has a folk origin: blues, jazz, rock and even so-called classical. As Big Bill Broonzy famously said - "all songs are folk songs; ain't never heard a horse sing!" Arguably the first Kiwi to make a living with a mandolin, David spent some of his musical life playing bluegrass, but was performing...
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Very Well Done!
I feel bad for Kiwis. From being considered elite troops by the likes of Rommel to being gelded by Prime Minister Karen. Sad. But setting aside the series coming out of a nation presently under the thumb of pols led by an angry grammar school teacher any podcast choosing to showcase the...Read full review »
Loridans1 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/16/22
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